Drivers promised some relief by year's end. Did we get it?

How many transportation projects will be completed before the end of the year, as promised?

We were promised several transportation projects would be completed by the holidays, but not all of them appear to be on track.

From construction on the highways to new train services, progress is mixed and drivers are frustrated.

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“Traffic backs up on I-95 and creates not just a slowdown but a dangerous situation,” said Mark Begelman, of the construction he encounters by Interstate 95 in Deerfield Beach.

Here is the status of projects that were supposed to be finished before New Year’s Day.

-- Brightline, the higher speed passenger service that will eventually go from Miami to Orlando, was supposed to begin service between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach by late 2017. Test runs are underway along that stretch but there is still no official start up date.

-- Quiet zones, created when rail crossings are upgraded so engineers don’t have to blast their horns, were supposed to be in place by now. But freight and Tri-Rail trains still sound their horns. “I am not exaggerating when I say that hundreds of thousands of Florida residents who live near the tracks have no option to move,” said Enrique Bargioni, who lives two blocks from the Florida East Coast Railway tracks in Fort Lauderdale.

-- On southbound I-95 in Deerfield Beach, contractors vowed ramp-widening work on Exit 41 to Southwest 10th Street would be done. And it looks close. The ramp is now two lanes, and becomes three lanes at the top. Contractors still have to finish an additional right lane between the entrance ramp from Hillsboro Boulevard and the Southwest 10th Street exit ramp.

Work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange in Boca Raton will continue into 2018 (Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel)

-- On I-95 in Boca Raton, the Spanish River Boulevard interchange was scheduled to be finished by late 2017. The exit from northbound I-95 and the entrance to southbound I-95 are open. But, the state now says the rest of the project won’t be completed before Jan. 24. Still to come: fencing, landscaping, lighting and fiber optic lines.

The Ravenswood Road bridge in Dania Beach was scheduled to be finished in late 2017. (Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel)

-- On Interstate 75, the new express lanes between I-595 and Griffin Road were to be open by now but project managers have postponed that until the spring.

-- In Dania Beach, the Ravenswood Road bridge over the Dania Cut-Off Canal was supposed to be rebuilt by now but work will continue into the New Year.

The Hiatus Road "missing link" opens after more than 20 years (Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel)

And nearly 200 FEC railroad crossings were upgraded between Miami and West Palm Beach this year in preparation for the launch of Brightline passenger rail service. Roads were resurfaced, medians were added, and the number of crossing gates doubled.